Jiams Artist Bio 2021

 Jessica Iams lives in Welches, Oregon. Working in a style of cataloging and gathering a collection of found objects, wheel throwing and handbuilding ceramics, through a photographic lens, and ultimately towards large scale painting and drawing. She received her BFA from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT in 2010 and in 2019 her MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR. She has exhibited work in Portland in Coaxial at the Commons Gallery, Groundcover at the Lodge Gallery, The MFA show at Glass, and most recently an Alumni Show at Place Gallery, as well as digitally in the alumni show during the pandemic. In 2019, 2020, and this year, 2021 her paintings and vocals have been released on albums with Emancipator and 9 Theory. Another creative project in the works this current season is food truck catering fine dining experiences in the woods and forests of Pacific Northwest as chef and co owner of FlavorBus Catering.